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JtgHN 0. Tennessee GLYN MARYLAND TRANSPLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,403, dated January 17, 1882. Application filed September 14, 1881v (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN C. TENNENT, a citizen of theUnited States of America, resid- State of Maryland, have invented certain-new and useful Improvements in Tobacco and (labbage Planters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains tomake accompanying drawings, and to letters or tiga part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a rear view. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view. Fig. 3 is afront view.

My invention is designed as an improvement on my former patent hearing date of July 31, 1877, and-numbered 193,734.

My invention consists, broadly, of a rectangular frame in. which are mounted the planting-arms, said frame being adapted to be attached to the rear end of a cart, wagornor other vehicle, from which vehicle power is de'- rived for operating the planting-arms.

It consists, further, of certain detailsofconpointed out in the claims. i 1 Referring to the drawings, A A are the sid pieces of the rectangular frame, in whichfflare mounted the planting-arms, said-sidepieces beingsecurely connected together at'the top by the cross-piece B. i

O is a shaft which has its hearings in the side pieces, A, and to which is secured a rectangular frame, 1). The frame Dis rigidly secured to the shaft 0, and is adapted to be re-- volved therewith by means of a pulley, E, and chain or belt F, which receives its motive power from a drivingpnlley on the carriage wheel or axle to which the planting-frame isiattached.

As no point of novelty is based on the carriageand driving pulley, itis not shown in the drawings. t y

Two or more of therectangnlar frames D, in

attached to the shaft 0; but in practice a single frame with the planting devices secure in each end will be iound sufficient. f

To the ends of the rectangular frame'D, and

on their rear, are rigidly securedthe hollow metallic points Gr, (onlyoneof which is shown,)

of a triangular pyramidal shape, which is a receptacle for the plant,'and also .niakes a hole in the earth to receive the plant. The fiat side of the triangular point is forward, and is removed to allow of the escape of the plant, and in lieu of it a rectangular plate or extension, I, is made, capable of being moved back and forth as a valve within groovesa on the inner and central line ofthe planting-arms D. A similar butsmaller solid point, E[, is secured to the lower end of this 'valveplate, which, when closed on the hollow. point G, serves to complete the hole forward in the soil. and prevents the earth from falling in and clogging the root of the plant when the valve or plate I isv moved upward.

A cross-bar, J, is rigidly secured to the plate I, the ends of which project beyond the outer sides of'the frame D,s"o as to impinge on the 1 cam-plates K on the frame A, and be drawn down so as to closethe point H over the point G, for the purpose of holding the plant in the pointG while theholeis being madein the earth. (See Fig. 2.) A spiral or other spring,lb, is secured at one end to the crossbar J'andat the other end to any convenient pointon the frame D, so thatwhen the arms of the cross-bar J shall have passed the cam-plates the spring will cause the point H to be drawn back and.

on each side of the frame. The levers d are provided at their upper ends with inwardlyprojectingpinsf, against which the disks L impinge, and said lovers are connected to one armor end of the bent or bell-crank levers g by means of links or harsh. The bent or hellcrank levers g are pivoted to the inside of the frame A, as shown atz', and to the outer end of said levers is secured a link or hook, which connects it with another bell-crank lever, j, pivoted at k to an arm or support, I.

To the inner or upper arm of the bellcrankleverj is secured a spiral spring, 0, the upper end of which is secured to the frame A. The lower end of the bell-crank leverj is pivotally' secured to the bars or tampers m, the inner ends of which are enlarged for the purpose of pressing the earth inward toward the point of the planter and around the roots of the plant. The tamping-bars are also connected to the arm or support lby means of parallel bars a, which tend to support and direct their line of motion to that parallel, or nearly so, with that of the surface of the ground.

M is a bent arm rigidly secured at both ends to the sides A, and by which the device may be raised and lowered by hand. 1 may, however, and shall in practice, provide means for raising and lowering the planter from the drivers seat by means of cords passing over pulleys on the rear ends, 1%, of the carriage-frame, and secured to disks or other devices on the outer ends of the shaft 0, as shown in Figs. land 2.

P 1 are bars of equal length on each side of the frame A, the upper ones being pivotally secured at their forward ends to theaxle of the .of planting-point, as also the tam pers or pressers, may uniformly act at the same points,

whether the frame A be raised or lowered for shallow or deep planting.

Itis obvious that "the rotation of the planting wheel or arms can be regulated, and is governed by the diameter of the pulley E, and the distance between each plafili accurately determined. e

As above described, the machine is drawn forward and operated by horse-power; but it may also, with suitable modifications,bepushed forward and operated frombehind by a man or boy.

The operation of my device is as follows: The carriage, in its forward movement, causes the endless chain to revolve the pulley E, and with it the planting wheel or frame D. As the hollow point G comes around, and before it comes to a level with the shaft 0 on its forward travel, the valve or point-H being held up by the spring I), the plant is inserted into the hollow point G with the root. outward. The wheel or frame D, in revolving, causes the ends or projections of the baFJ to strike against the cam-plates K on either side, which gradually closes the point or valve H over the point G andiuclosesthe plant therein. When the point G has reached its lowest point the ends of the cross-bar escape from the cam-plates K, and the point H is drawn up by means of the spiral spring 1), opening the hollow point and permittingthe plant to escape. Through the remainder of the revolution of'the wheel or. frame D the valve or point B is held up until the ends of the cross-bar J again strike'the cam-plates. After the hole is formed in the soil and the plant deposited, the carriage, in its forward movement, causes the hollow point G, in it's revolution, to gradually emerge'from the hole till the surface of the soil is reached, at or near which point the pressers m m on each side are thrown toward each other and press the soil around the roots of the plant.

The operation of the pressers is as follows: The disks impinge on the pins f during the greater part of their revolution, andin doing so press the pivoted levers down, and through the links and bell-crank levers keep the pressers in an elevated position. So soon, however, as the cut-away portion a of the disks comes in contact with the pins the force of the springs throws the pressers forward, and the cut-away portion of the disks allows the arms or levers to fly back therein. This is, however, but momentary, for the disks again impinge on the pins in their continuous revolution and force the levers down, which again raises the pressers for the tamping of another plant.

Havingtlius described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

The combinationof the planting wheel or frame D, provided with the rigid hollow point or points G and movable face or faces I, with the cross-bar J and cam-plates K, whereby the planting-point is closed to retain the plant therein during the downward movement of said point.

' 2. The combination of the planting wheel or frame D, provided with the rigid hollow point; or points G and movable face or faces I, with the cross-bar J and spring 1), whereby, when the ends of the cross-bar J have passed at thelower ends of the cam-plates, the movable face will be raised to allow the plant to be deposited in the soil. a

3. The combination of the disks L, secured to the shaft 0, and frame or wheel D, with the pinsf, pivoted levers (1, links it, bell-crank levers g and j, parallel bars a, and presser-bars m, whereby the presser-bars are held back from Q In testimony whereofl affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. JOHN C. TENNENT.

Witnesses 2' a JOHN A. J oHNsoN, J ERE. T. DUOKER.

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